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Sabire Aydemir
First Female Veterinarian

SABİRE (DALYAN) AYDEMİR

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1910

She was born in Inebolu, Kastamonu.

1932

She graduated from Erenköy All Girls' High School.

Sabire Aydemir
Sabire Aydemir

1933

When she heard that the Department of Veterinary Medicine in Higher Agricultural College was accepting female boarders, she became the first female student to be enrolled in the department!

1937

She was one of the 10 female students who graduated from this department.

1945

She became a bacteriologist. Among the female graduates, she was the first female veterinarian to start to work in the sector. She worked in Istanbul and Ankara for a brief period of time.

Sabire Aydemir
Sabire Aydemir

1946

She asked to be transferred to Unye to fight with infectious diseases that were common in Anatolia.

1947

She married her colleague Hasan Tahsin Aydemir and moved to Samsun. She worked at the Veterinary Control and Research Institute in Atakum, Samsun until she retired.

1984

Sabire Aydemir was given the First Female Veterinarian Award by the TBMM during 50th anniversary of the day Turkish women earned the right to elect and be elected.

Sabire Aydemir
Sabire Aydemir

1991

Sabire Aydemir died in 1991 proving that being a veterinarian is not a man's job and she paved the way for other female veterinarians leaving her mark in history.

Sabire Aydemir

2016

She was given the Honorary Award of the Turkish Veterinarian Association.

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